"People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them."
"Be careful, though.""Aren't I always?""No, I think the word for how you usually are is 'reckless."
"Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind."
"It reminds me why I chose Dauntless in the first place: not because they are perfect, but because they are alive. Because they are free."
"Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously."
"No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens."